Active Directory Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Active Directory
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Active Directory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Active Directory over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 22 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Active Directory 127 166 264
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.30% 6.00% 8.13%
As % of the System Software category 48.11% 58.87% 56.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 123 199
10th Percentile £129 £146 £135
25th Percentile £200 £188 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £338 £375
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -10.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £543 £494 £534
90th Percentile £685 £648 £665
England median daily rate £450 £425 £440
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.41% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 16
10th Percentile £15.13 £14.77 £11.88
25th Percentile £15.19 £15.74 £14.07
Median hourly rate £17.16 £17.98 £16.71
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +7.59% +1.26%
75th Percentile £18.13 £22.80 £26.48
90th Percentile - £37.83 £33.88
England median hourly rate £18.76 £17.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% -10.26% +14.71%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

Active Directory falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 264 282 466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.09% 10.19% 14.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 211 322
10th Percentile £176 £160 £158
25th Percentile £302 £250 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £400 £448
Median % change year-on-year +13.63% -10.61% +19.33%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £700 £660 £693
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 20
10th Percentile £15.14 £14.77 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.74 £15.06
Median hourly rate £18.13 £17.98 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -6.62% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £22.80 £40.25
90th Percentile £32.44 £37.83 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.46 £22.00 £52.13
% change year-on-year +29.34% -57.80% +180.65%

Active Directory
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Active Directory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Active Directory in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Active Directory in the Midlands

Active Directory
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Active Directory within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +6 100 £400 +14.29% 84
East Midlands -16 27 £400 +33.33% 76
Active Directory
England

Active Directory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.94%) IIS
3 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.57%) JBoss
5 1 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.01%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (33.86%) Azure
2 43 (33.86%) Entra ID
3 11 (8.66%) AWS
4 7 (5.51%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.94%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (3.15%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.15%) SaaS
7 3 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.36%) GCP
8 2 (1.57%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.79%) Amazon ELB
9 1 (0.79%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.79%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.79%) GitHub
9 1 (0.79%) IaaS
9 1 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.66%) VPN
2 8 (6.30%) DNS
3 5 (3.94%) DHCP
3 5 (3.94%) Firewall
3 5 (3.94%) LAN
4 4 (3.15%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.36%) SMTP
5 3 (2.36%) VLAN
6 2 (1.57%) WAN
6 2 (1.57%) WebEx
7 1 (0.79%) DKIM
7 1 (0.79%) DMARC
7 1 (0.79%) FTP
7 1 (0.79%) HTTP
7 1 (0.79%) NAS
7 1 (0.79%) SAN
7 1 (0.79%) SSH
7 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.15%) Oracle Database
2 4 (3.15%) Power BI
3 2 (1.57%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.57%) Tableau
4 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.79%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Git
2 3 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.36%) JIRA
2 3 (2.36%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket Server
3 2 (1.57%) CA Release Automation
3 2 (1.57%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.57%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.79%) GitLab
4 1 (0.79%) Vagrant
General
1 59 (46.46%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (7.09%) Finance
5 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.15%) Legal
8 3 (2.36%) Law
8 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.79%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (16.54%) Analyst
2 12 (9.45%) Architect
3 10 (7.87%) Windows Engineer
4 9 (7.09%) Deployment Engineer
4 9 (7.09%) Desktop Engineer
4 9 (7.09%) IT Engineer
4 9 (7.09%) IT Support
4 9 (7.09%) Support Engineer
5 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (6.30%) Lead
6 7 (5.51%) 1st Line Support
6 7 (5.51%) Service Analyst
6 7 (5.51%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (4.72%) Consultant
7 6 (4.72%) Security Architect
7 6 (4.72%) Support Analyst
7 6 (4.72%) Support Officer
8 5 (3.94%) Active Directory Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.09%) LDAP
2 6 (4.72%) SailPoint
3 4 (3.15%) HTML
3 4 (3.15%) Middleware
3 4 (3.15%) REST
4 3 (2.36%) .NET
4 3 (2.36%) Apache Axis
5 2 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.57%) Software Packaging
5 2 (1.57%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.57%) Web Services
6 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.79%) OAuth
6 1 (0.79%) OpenID
6 1 (0.79%) SAML
6 1 (0.79%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.87%) Security Posture
2 9 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.30%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.51%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.94%) NHS
6 4 (3.15%) Driving Licence
6 4 (3.15%) Replication
7 3 (2.36%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.36%) PKI
8 2 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.57%) SCADA
9 1 (0.79%) CCTV
9 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.79%) iPhone
9 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.79%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 74 (58.27%) Windows
2 23 (18.11%) Windows 10
3 17 (13.39%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.09%) Android
5 8 (6.30%) Linux
6 5 (3.94%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.57%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (1.57%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.57%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.79%) Rocky
9 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.79%) VMS
9 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.86%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (17.32%) Customer Service
2 22 (17.32%) Migration
3 20 (15.75%) Identity Access Management
4 18 (14.17%) ITIL
5 14 (11.02%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 11 (8.66%) ITSM
6 11 (8.66%) Privileged Access Management
7 10 (7.87%) Agile
7 10 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (7.09%) RBAC
9 8 (6.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (5.51%) Change Management
10 7 (5.51%) Identity Management
10 7 (5.51%) Zero Trust
11 6 (4.72%) Cloud Security
11 6 (4.72%) Mobile Device Management
11 6 (4.72%) Risk Management
11 6 (4.72%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.11%) PowerShell
2 16 (12.60%) SQL
3 7 (5.51%) C#
3 7 (5.51%) Java
3 7 (5.51%) Python
4 5 (3.94%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.36%) Perl
5 3 (2.36%) Ruby
6 1 (0.79%) Bash
6 1 (0.79%) Groovy
6 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (22.83%) Security Cleared
2 22 (17.32%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.81%) Degree
4 8 (6.30%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.15%) CCNA
6 4 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.15%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.36%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.36%) CCENT
7 3 (2.36%) CISSP
7 3 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.57%) MCSE
8 2 (1.57%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.79%) MCP
9 1 (0.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.72%) QA
2 4 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.15%) SLA
3 3 (2.36%) PMO
4 2 (1.57%) GDPR
4 2 (1.57%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (11.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (5.51%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.72%) BitLocker
3 6 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.15%) Docker
5 2 (1.57%) vSphere
6 1 (0.79%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.79%) Firmware
6 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.79%) XenApp
6 1 (0.79%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (26.77%) SCCM
2 20 (15.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (8.66%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (4.72%) Kubernetes
5 5 (3.94%) Ansible
5 5 (3.94%) Terraform
6 3 (2.36%) AirWatch
6 3 (2.36%) Grafana
6 3 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.57%) Kibana
7 2 (1.57%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.57%) SCOM
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 64 (50.39%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.17%) Cisco
2 18 (14.17%) ServiceNow
3 17 (13.39%) VMware
4 14 (11.02%) Citrix
5 9 (7.09%) CyberArk
6 8 (6.30%) Nexthink
7 6 (4.72%) Oracle
8 5 (3.94%) SAP
9 4 (3.15%) Broadcom
9 4 (3.15%) Dell
10 3 (2.36%) HP
11 2 (1.57%) AppDynamics
11 2 (1.57%) Apple
11 2 (1.57%) ForgeRock
11 2 (1.57%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.57%) Sage
11 2 (1.57%) Splunk
11 2 (1.57%) Veeam
12 1 (0.79%) Workday